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Skye, Dun Borrafiach

Building(S) (Post Medieval), Enclosure (Post Medieval)

Site Name Skye, Dun Borrafiach

Classification Building(S) (Post Medieval), Enclosure (Post Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Borrafiach Burn

Canmore ID 71410

Site Number NG26SW 2.06

NGR NG 23158 63364

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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General oblique aerial view of Dun Borrafiach, looking SSW.
General oblique aerial view of Dun Borrafiach, looking SSW.General oblique aerial view of Dun Borrafiach, looking E.General oblique aerial view of Dun Borrafiach broch, buildings and field system, taken from the E.General oblique aerial view of Dun Borrafiach, looking ENE.General oblique aerial view of Dun Borrafiach, looking E.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Duirinish
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Skye And Lochalsh
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Activities

Field Visit (28 June 1990)

NG26SW 2.06 2316 6338.

Two buildings, one with an adjacent enclosure, are situated on either side of the Borrafiach Burn near the ford.

(WAT90 628)

Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 28 June 1990.

Note (11 November 1996)

A single unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1880, sheet ix) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1965).

Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 11 November 1996.

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